96 -The author implies that by the end of the war, ----- . A) fewer than one-fourth of the original prisoners were still alive
B) only the Filipino prisoners had survived the ordeal
C) the Japanese had murdered all of the captured soldiers
D) the remaining 40,000 soldiers continued to help in the war effort
E) no one had come to help the survivors at the prison camp
New research suggests that among smokers who get lung cancer, women are nearly twice as likely as
men to develop the most deadly form of the disease. Experts say that the British study represents the
first time scientists have discovered a significant difference between the sexes in the risk of small -
cell lung cancer. Virtually always caused by smoking, it is the
hardest form of lung cancer to treat successfully. The study showed that women under 65 were 1.7
times more vulnerable than men to small -cell lung cancer, which spreads so rapidly that by the time
it is diagnosed, it is usually too late to operate.
97 -The most deadly form of lung cancer ---- . A) is more likely to develop in men than in women
B) accounts for 17 percent of deaths among women under the age of 65
C) is more common in Britain than anywhere else
D) is caused by smoking in rare cases
E) tends to spread too quickly to be treated by surgery
98 -It has only recently been discovered that small -cell lung cancer ---- . A) also affects women as frequently as it does men
B) can be successfully treated
C) is the worst type of cancer
D) is more common among-women than among men
E) can be diagnosed in earlier stages
99 -It is stated in the passage that ----- . A) scientists are hopeful of finding a cure for small -cell lung cancer
B) new research into cancer is good news for anyone suffering from the disease
C) the chance of overcoming cancer is the lowest for patients with small -cell lung cancer
D) British scientists were the first to discover small -cell lung cancer
E) small -cell lung cancer is diagnosed 1.7 times more effectively in women under
One of the most famous panics in the United States was begun by a radio broadcast. In 1938, CBS
radio broadcast a dramatisation of a science fiction novel by H.G. Wells called 'War of the Worlds".
It told the story of an invasion from Mars with the Martians landing in New Jersey and taking over
New York fifteen minutes later. The story was told in a realistic fashion with the actors playing
reporters giving "live" reports from the scene. At the beginning of the broadcast, there was an
announcement that the story was fictional, but most people tuned in too late to hear it. As a result,
there were traffic jams all over New York and New Jersey as people tried to flee what they thought
was a real invasion.
